Accounting Specialist

Pocket Nurse Enterprises is seeking a highly skilled Accounting Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our finance department, you will be responsible for managing all Accounts Payable duties and assisting with Accounts Receivable as needed.

• Process vendor bills against purchase orders or request management approval for independent department expenses.
• Bill dropship orders when vendor invoices are received and able to be processed.
• Process and reconcile company credit card expenses monthly.
• Review and voucher employee expense reports for reimbursement.
• Generate a weekly payment report for Accounting Manager approval based on vendor payment terms and discount dates to ensure timely payment of vouchers and optimal discounts.
• Collect and manage vendor W-9's and process year-end 1099's.
• Assist in daily cash applications, including processing daily credit card payments, check deposits, lock box, and ACH.
• Research and process customer claims of invoice payment.
• Assist in collections of outstanding accounts from existing customers, including resolving customer billing problems and reducing accounts receivable delinquency.
• Review, balance, and interpret reports, recommending corrections as needed.
• Assist employees and customers by answering questions related to accounts, procedures, and services.
• Assist with month-end and ad-hoc reporting as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge of fundamental accounting principles, practices, and terminology.
• Ability to present numerical data effectively and work with mathematical concepts and basic accounting functions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, primarily Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build working relationships with individuals of varying personalities.
• Quality-driven with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and use critical thinking skills to identify and resolve potential concerns.
• Ability to understand business implications of decisions.
• Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Works within approved budget, contributes to profits and revenue, and conserves organizational resources.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation.

All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis and may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear, and requires close vision.

The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. No employee is authorized to lift weight over 50 pounds without assistance.

This role requires the individual to be able to understand, remember, apply, and communicate moderately complex information and problems, opposing points of view on moderately complex issues, and collaborate and explore alternative solutions; organize and prioritize thoughts, ideas, and own work schedule; apply common sense, analyze and make decisions which have significant impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit; express written and spoken word for internal and external communications and compose materials such as detailed reports, forms, letters, etc.

and communicate information; and compute, analyze, and interpret moderately complex statistical data for reporting purposes; and use basic mathematical skills including the ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and to record, balance, and check results for accuracy.

Pocket Nurse Enterprises is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test and background check (including criminal record check).